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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120131624 | Apparatus and Method for Multi-User Construction of Tagged Video Data A video content source includes a processor and a download module executed by the processor to download or stream selected videos from a video library. A tag collection module executed by the processor receives tag data from users viewing the selected videos from differ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120023531 | APPARATUS FOR ADAPTING A PRESENTATION OF MEDIA CONTENT TO A REQUESTING DEVICE A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media processor having a controller to record stereoscopic media content supplied by a multimedia system, receive from a communication device a request for the recorded stereoscop... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110321071 | DEVICE-BASED ONE BUTTON SHOPPING USING METADATA A television is interfaced to one or more on-line stores through a network connection. The television has purchasing data stored in a configuration file. Upon execution of a “one-button buy” function, metadata from a content stream and the purchasing data is used to... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110271311 | System and Method for Determining Network Relationships with Unreliable Data A system and method for determining network relationships with unreliable data. An identifier of an addressable network element may be associated with a non-addressable network element. A first set of data is generated that associates a first identifier of each of a plu... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110258662 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO VIEWER-ORDERABLE TELEVISION EVENTS A method of providing access to an orderable television event is presented. An orderable television event may be, for example, a pay-per-view television event or a video-on-demand television event. In the method, preview video content for the orderable television event ... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110214155 | Handling Video Transition Errors in a Video on Demand Streams A system, method, and apparatus for handling transition errors is presented herein. The transition errors include handling unreported time base discontinuities during trick mode transition, miscalculated time stamps during trick mode transition, erroneous sequence end c... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110202964 | TELEVISION BROADCASTING RECEIVER A television broadcasting receiver includes a function of the Internet connection, and a display signal generating unit. The display signal generating unit generates a display signal for displaying information about content that is provided by a VOD service and is the s... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110154401 | Systems and Methods to Generate an Electronic Program Guide Systems and methods to generate an electronic program guide (EPG) are provided. A particular method includes accessing, at a set-top box device, data descriptive of over-the-air (OTA) television content items. The OTA television content items are available to the set-to... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110131620 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCESSING RECOVERABLE PROGRAM CONTENT Content delivery systems and methods are operable to provide recoverable program content to a media device. An exemplary embodiment detects an occurrence of a qualifying event, wherein the qualifying event is associated with an unavailable portion of a program of intere... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110119697 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IN-HOME SET TOP BOX MANAGEMENT A video services control system comprises a set top box coupled to a television and a video services network configured to provide video services to the television via the set top box. The video services network includes an application program operable to develop and im... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110078752 | SET-TOP BOX AND METHOD OF PROVIDING VIDEO ON DEMAND THERETO A method of providing video on demand to a set-top box includes sending playing parameters of a video file to a video on demand server, and receiving information of the video file and predetermined quality of service parameters of the set-top box. The method further inc... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110072475 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALLOCATING BROADCAST CARRIER RESOURCES A system instructs that a first carrier signal that is modulated with a first digital media stream be sent to a first receiver, where the first digital media stream uses a first bandwidth. The system receives a second request from a second receiver to send a second digi... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110061083 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING VOICE MAIL SERVICES Methods and apparatus for retrieving and providing voice mail messages from a server are described. In accordance with the invention voice mail messages may be retrieved via requests made via a set top box. Voice mail messages are retrieved in response to the request fr... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110041146 | System for Data Management and On-Demand Rental and Purchase of Digital Data Products A system for handling data and transactions involving data through the use of a virtual transaction zone, which virtual transaction zone removes the dependency of such transaction on the delivery medium of the product. The invention may reside and operate on a variety o... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110035779 | SET-TOP BOX AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CONTENT THEREON A method for displaying near video on demand (NVOD) content on a set-top box (STB) includes determining whether the processor is idle, and connecting to a video server for storing NVOD data, if the processor is determined to be idle. If a NVOD request is received from a... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20100325675 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING A SECURED SERVICE PROVIDER MEMORY A system and method for utilizing a secured service provider memory are disclosed. An electronic device is associated with a subscriber and is in communication with a data distribution network configured to deliver data by a service provider to the subscriber. The data ... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100325652 | METHOD OF PERFORMING DATA COMMUNICATION WITH TERMINAL AND RECEIVER USING THE SAME A method of performing data communication with a terminal and a receiver using the same enables viewing of a broadcast program and a video program of an external device outside the home. The method includes steps of receiving a control signal from a terminal via a netwo... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100319017 | Portable Media Asset A method, apparatus, and system are disclosed that provide for a secure download of a media asset from a video-on-demand server responsive to a user request. The media asset may be routed to a recorder device for storage purposes. The media asset may also be streamed to... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100306806 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VIDEO ON DEMAND PREVIEW CHANNEL THROUGH CHANNEL ZAPPING IN REAL-TIME BROADCAST SERVICE Disclosed is a system and a method of providing a VOD (Video On Demand; below referred to as ‘VOD’) preview channel through channel zapping in a real-time broadcast service. To do this, the present invention includes a VOD preview channel for a VOD service between r... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100293582 | REPRODUCING APPARATUS A reproducing apparatus includes a signal processing unit which generates and transmits reproduction data, a reproduction unit which receives and reproduces the reproduction data, and a remote controller which inputs an instruction signal to the reproduction unit. The r... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100281509 | Prefix caching assisted quality of service aware peer-to-peer video on-demand A multimedia-on-demand peer-to-peer device acting as a receiving peer includes a local cache memory device adapted to store a multimedia prefix. Local storage of the multimedia prefix allows rapid commencement of playback of the requested multimedia program without subs... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100275236 | Feedback for Unavailable Content A particular method includes searching a database associated with a content provider. The database includes content items available from the content provider as well as content items that are not available from the content provider. The database is searched based on a s... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100263002 | DISTRIBUTION OF MODIFIED OR SELECTIVELY CHOSEN MEDIA ON A PROCURED CHANNEL A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media processor having a controller to receive and alter media from a procured channel in an Internet Protocol television (IPTV) network, create a library of metadata pointers to ... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100242074 | VIDEO SHARING COMMUNITIES IN A CABLE SYSTEM A social networking service defines a community group of cable system viewers as members, who share a common experience or interest based on viewing a common video. Various attributes define how the community group is created and how membership is defined. Members can i... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100242068 | System and Method for Capturing Video Clips for Focused Navigation within a User Interface A video clip is captured from a television broadcast on each of a plurality of channels. The captured video clips are provided to a display interface, which successively displays the captured video clips within a focus area of a user interface in response to an initiati... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100180295 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING PERSONALIZED CONTENT TO A VIEWER A method, system and apparatus for conveying personalized content to a viewer associated with a receiver are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method comprises generating control data indicative of a receiver-accessible source of personalized content for the viewer an... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100175095 | DATA-PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA-PROCESSING METHOD AND DATA-PROCESSING PROGRAM A data-processing method of receiving broadcast contents and content-related information related to the broadcast contents. The method includes setting a frequency for receiving the broadcast contents from the broadcast station, and recording frequency information corre... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100169935 | Mobile Set Top Box A system is provided in which IP or media content residing on or being streamed to a mobile phone is forwarded to a display. The media content supports a native resolution of the mobile phone that is significantly smaller than a native resolution of said display. The sy... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100169942 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR TAGGING SEGMENTS OF MEDIA CONTENT Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and apparatus for tagging a segment of media content. In various embodiments, a beginning location and an ending location indicating the segment are recorded and are used to retrieve the segment from... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100169932 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE ADVERTISING VIA NETWORK GENERATED OVERLAYS In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, a mechanism is used to enable interactive functions via network generated overlays. This invention enables network operators to launch interactive functionality without requiring changes to existing equipment that e... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100146567 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING MEDIA CONTENT A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server having a controller to access multiple media content in response to a request to record the multiple media content from a first communication device, adjust a format of at ... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100146568 | VOD OFFERINGS BASED ON POPULAR DEMAND A system includes a set-top box and a server for a subscription television service. The set-top box includes a processor to receive a video-on-demand (VOD) programming suggestion from a user and send, to the server, the VOD programming suggestion. The server includes a ... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100131996 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DISTRIBUTE VIDEO-ON-DEMAND CONTENT Method, system and computer-readable medium to distribute VOD content are disclosed. A method of displaying video content includes accessing an association table for video-on-demand (VOD) content. The association table includes a first segment entry associated with a fi... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100122289 | Portable Client-Side Settings for a Multimedia Content Distribution Network A disclosed portable settings service for use in conjunction with a multimedia content distribution service includes enabling a user to define settings for aspects of a multimedia content delivery network (MCDN) client. The service may include storing the defined settin... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100122306 | System and Method for Tagging Video Content A method of tagging video content includes receiving video content at a set-top box device via a private video distribution access network. The method also includes receiving a tag associated with the video content at the set-top box device and sending the tag to a tag ... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100095334 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PURCHASING UPGRADED MEDIA FEATURES FOR PROGRAMMING TRANSMISSIONS The present invention provides an improved method and apparatus for purchasing media features for programming transmissions. A selection is sent to a server system to buy an upgraded media feature for a programming transmission. The server system automatically coordinat... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100095333 | MEDIA DEMAND AND PLAYBACK SYSTEM A media system stores a plurality of media content items for transmission to a media receiver in response to requests for the items. The media system receives a request for a particular item and generates a playlist including the requested item. The media system adds at... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100088734 | RECEPTION APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD, AND SERVER APPARATUS A reception apparatus includes an acquisition section and a transmission section. The acquisition section acquires program information containing an ID that is assigned to a broadcast program by a broadcaster and a broadcast date and time. The transmission section trans... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100083335 | AUTOMATIC PROVISIONING OF SET-TOP BOXES A set-top box (STB) detects activation of the STB, and performs, in response to the activation of the STB, a health check of the STB. The STB also detects connection of the STB with a network, and performs, in response to the connection of the STB, the following: a pre-... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100058405 | Systems and Methods for Distributing Video on Demand A method of receiving content includes joining an in-progress multicast stream to receive a first portion of a content. The method further includes sending a request to a peer for a catch-up portion of the content, the request including a deadline for delivery of the co... | 03/04/2010 |
